, 1887-06-02

HU tIle tIille OF the nuTuer tnere were
present Geo. Wycotf, Ruby Stanley
Ray II RiymOnd and myself; she or.
dertd him out doors; she took hold
/ of him and tried to push him out;
she told him that he would get hurt
| II he did not go out; got revolver In
her room; she cooked 1t and said, gu
out or will shoot; she pointed it ut
the man and fired the shot; the de-
ceased was back near the door; he
was intoxicated at the time; saw her
take hold of him and order him out;
he struck her with his hand; did not
see him stike at her at any other
time; struck before she got revolver;
did not know him.
minatiOn--Prisoner was
playing on the piano just before the
shooting; Ruby opened the door and
called for Miss Ray and left the door
open and the deceased stood there
in the doorway; prisoner ordered
him to go out; can't describe the
man; saw him strike her once; could
not see him plainly; did moi hear
him say anything; ego out or will
shoot YOU" she said after going
after the revolver; she stood be-
tween him and me; left as soon after
the shooting as possible.
George WycOf testified that he
knew Ray Raymond; knew Ruby
Stanley and the Star house; was there
that night; heard II pistol shot; saw
man at the doorway; defendant
was singing and playing just before
the shooting; Ruby opened the
door and let the man I'M, Ruby
called for Miss Ray; Miss Ray asked
him what he wanted and he made
no reply; she pushed him toward
the door and ordered him out of
the house; don't know where she
went after the firing, as l left imme-
diately.
Cross-examination not get
good look at the man; could not
give description of him; he re-
sisted her; she was trying TO get
him out of the house.
Cross-eXamination of Ruby STAN
ley-They were i'm the parlor at the
time of the shooting; Miss Ray was
playing on the piano just before
deceased came; heard a noise in the
hail; deceased was a large man,
rough looking; he was noisy; l was
frightened by his appearance; pris-
oner ordered him out; asked him
what he wanted there; he did not
answer; she told him to go out; he
said he would be id before he
would go out; she took hold of him
and he resisted; he struck at her;
struck at her before she got the
revolver; the revolver was in her
room in her bureau drawer; | saw
her go to her room and get
the revolver; she tried to get out of
the house and hc would not le' her;
after she came out Of her room she
again asked him to- go out, ne again
struck her; he struck her on the
shoulder and then she fired the shot;
she dropped the revolver and assisted
in laying him down on the floor; she
got some water and bathed his head;
she was excited and said, "My God,
l have shot him." she made no effort
TO escapes; she was distressed and
said she did not mean to shoot him;
she was crying all the time.
Re-direct-She did not examine
the revolver when she took it out Of
the drawer; she had the revolver
when she was at the door of her
room; she held 1t by her side; l was
frightened by the appearance Of the
deceased; he had on overalls; his
hair was long and he looked rough;
I stood near the door all the time.
This closed the case for the prose-
cutiOn and at s o'clock court ad-
journed to $3.50 this morning.